staying optimistic that some of the flaws of s7 were caused by the need to get everything in position for s8, and that this ... at least won't be the worst season
fingers crossed
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Originally Posted by Namath12
On this point I feel like the plot itself wasn't awful as much as it was handled awfully by the writers. If you're gonna amp up the drama do it with good writing, don't just lazily Shyamalan everyone. (I mean hell, they have their crippled brother who is essentially a living hacked Alexa who knows and sees all*, he could have settled that business in 5 minutes flat with one conversation why even put us through it at all?)
like you said, they just needed something to happen in WF, so that's the best they came up with i guess, and yeah it sucked and made almost no sense
also funny how for the like the first time in the series it required intentionally omitting information from the audience, and it still sucked and made almost no sense
so bad
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(*except, apparently, about Rhaegar marrying Lyanna for which he inexplicably required an assist from Sam)
i think we're meant to understand via his pov trips the way he sees things like all at once / in fragments, so it's hard to focus / he has to specifically look for some things
(think he mentioned in s7 about needing to improve his ability to see things)
and then obv he didn't know that marriage even happened, so kinda easy to miss
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Originally Posted by Namath12
Yeah and you can tell even they know it. That convo between him and Dany at Dragonstone where she recounts all the ways he previously plotted against her and questions his loyalty felt like it was jackhammered into the script, especially given the timing which was well after she's already trusted him with some pretty important **** and opened herself up to being totally ****ed by him.
lol, dragon administration not doing a very good job vetting cabinet members